DANNIELLA Westbrook's EastEnders husband Sid Owen said he feels deeply grieved after hearing her cancer diagnosis.
The 46-year-old actor said he was "praying" for Danniella after she revealed that she was fighting uterine cancer.
Getty – Danniella Westbrook's EastEnders co-star Sid Owen said he felt deeply grieved when he heard about her cancer diagnosis David Cummings – The Sun The 44-year-old actress is fighting uterine cancer. Sid and Danniella worked together at EastEnders in the early nineties, marrying their characters Ricky Butcher and Sam Mitchell.
In an interview with The Mirror, Sid said: "I'm gobsmacked, wish her well.
"She is a strong girl and had to fight even worse, my prayers are for her and her family."
Danniella, 44, opened her heartbreaking diagnosis yesterday and said she would fight the disease for the sake of her children.
BBC Danniella, who played Sam Mitchell in EastEnders, married Sid – Ricky Butcher – on the screen in 1991Danniella said when a doctor told her she had womb, she immediately thought of her good friend Jade Goody, who died of cervical cancer in 2009.
She struggled to cope with the news and used drugs and drink to keep her head above water.
But after she accepted the diagnosis, Danniella said she would fight for her children.
She told The Sunday Mirror: "By getting this diagnosis I realized that I do not want to die.
Alpha Press The actress admitted that the diagnosis reminded her of her late friend Jade Goody, here with Danniella in 2005.Rex Features Her children, Kai, 21, pictured here, and Jody, drive Danniella to get better. Next month she will undergo a hysterectomy and wait anxiously to find out if the cancer has spread.
I want to control life and my health.
"I know I have to fight, I know I have to get up and fight it."
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Danniella added, "I've always said that I'm not afraid to die, but if you get cancer, you think, I do not want to die.
"It makes me think about my health and become better.
"Using drugs is not my priority, getting my appointments is."
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